On the rune 2 atlanta1/30/2024 "I am super happy with how I fought until the end."ĭe Minaur, as ever, could not be faulted for fight either as he roared back from 3-0 and 4-2 down in the final set but though he tried to take the initiative, Rune's own attacking instincts prevailed as he cracked 45 winners to the Australian's 24. He takes the ball super early and puts you under a lot of pressure but I was able to raise my level towards the end of the second set and I started a bit better than expected in the third. "It was a brutal match from the beginning to the end," the teenager enthused in his on-court interview. Instead, it's the rising Rune who's reached his third ATP final of the year by outlasting de Minaur in a classic contest. If he'd made it to Sunday's final and won - something no Australian player has ever achieved in the event's 53-year annals - de Minaur would have regained the domestic No.1 spot that Nick Kyrgios has annexed during his stellar year. It was a huge anti-climax for 23-year-old de Minaur, who's been in fine form all week at the Royal Tennis Hall in the Swedish capital and was eyeing the prospect of a second tournament triumph of the season after his victory in Atlanta in July. But Rune's steel, evident all season with this remarkable 19-year-old, dragged him back into the contest, hardened him to outplay de Minaur in a second-set tiebreak and saw him run out a 4-6 7-6 (7-1) 7-5 winner after a gruelling contest that lasted two hours 52 minutes.
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